Picked up a great VZ24

[Claven2]

Picked up this nice one on Thursday. Great little non-refurb and all matching 1926 mfgr BRNO VZ24. Pre-rampant (rampart - lol) lion czech military VZ24 with a 1926 czech army acceptance stamp. Nice walnut thstock that hasn't been sanded and has a great oxidized flax oil finish that is so well handled it almost looks like varnish.

I don't see how this one would NOT be an axis-issued weapon in WW2 after Czechoslovakia's annexation in 1938. It's either a vet bringback, or a war reparations rifle that came in before the big importers started applying markings in the 1960's.

Refreshing change from the usual refurbs.

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[Calif-Steve]

Any crescent moon stamps? Czech Army, but no German/Rumania acceptance stamps. Hard one to figure. It ended up somewhere that put it in a rack and left it alone.

[Claven2]

No, no evidence of Turkish use. I'm thinking it's a Wehrmacht-issued gun that just never went back to depot for rebuild before being captured, maybe because it never got broken or was in service in a remote area. Only a small percentage of VZ24's were rebuilt to G24(t) configuration, and I think this is simply one of those guns that was not converted.

It's unusual to see one as early as 1926 that is not refurbed though.